Chautauqua Institution

"A year round center for retreats and renewal at Chautauqua Institution offering a positive radiant expression of United Methodist Christianity. Providing for spiritual refreshment, quiet renewal, friendship and fellowship!"

Friday, August 15, 2014

"THIS WAS THE WEEK OF CURRENT AFFAIRS; GAZA, SYRIA, UKRAINE AND THE RECENT 'RELOCATION' PROGRAM AT THE UNITED METHODIST HOUSE."

Fareed Zakaria on the Middle East

Removal to the 'ravine'

Of course our CURRENT chaplain, Pamela Gardner, was ever present on the porch with a 'chat' about the recent book (Time Magazine) by Barbara Brown Taylor, 'Learning to Walk in the Dark.'

and her mother Emily

Other guests in the House:

Floridian flowers

Blue grass couple

Instructors from afar

Floridian flowers

Knows Camp Redwing!

Mahjong anyone?

Young clergy participant

Other activities at the House:

Tracker problems

The ladies of the Lake

Youth Summer Music Camp

Sweet Anna

New friends at Chautauqua

We wish Yi-Chin Lee (videographer for the Daily)and Yuta Takano (youth symphony cellist) good luck in their careers. They have been a key reason for the success of our porch dinners..... and besides that 'we love them.'